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(NEXSTAR) – Depending connected what airdrome your friends oregon relatives are flying retired of, you whitethorn privation to amusement a small other compassion this Thanksgiving.
A caller survey by question tract Kayak ranked the nation's apical 50 airports – those with the highest hunt volumes – by the percent of formation delays past twelvemonth connected some Thanksgiving and Christmas.
While galore large, bustling airports landed among the slightest on-time – deliberation New York's JFK, oregon Chicago's ORD – the information showed that the size of the airdrome wasn't ever a reliable indicator of delays. The worst successful the state was comparatively tiny FLL successful Fort Lauderdale, wherever 34% of Thanksgiving flights (and 39% connected Christmas!) were delayed.
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SFO was besides among the 10 worst, with 24% of flights delayed connected Thanksgiving, but travelers who flew retired of San Jose apt had a acold smoother experience. SJC ranked 5th for the astir on-time airports with lone 12% of flights delayed past Thanksgiving.
| Rank | Airport | City | Thanksgiving delays | Christmas delays |
| 41 | BWI | Baltimore, Maryland | 24% | 35% |
| 42 | DFW | Dallas, Texas | 24% | 24% |
| 43 | SFO | San Francisco, California | 24% | 34% |
| 44 | CLT | Charlotte, North Carolina | 25% | 28% |
| 45 | MCO | Orlando, Florida | 26% | 29% |
| 46 | ORD | Chicago, Illinois | 26% | 30% |
| 47 | MIA | Miami, Florida | 26% | 39% |
| 48 | DEN | Denver, Colorado | 28% | 24% |
| 49 | JFK | New York, New York | 29% | 35% |
| 50 | FLL | Fort Lauderdale, Florida | 34% | 39% |
The study, which utilized information from Aviation Edge, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics and Kayak's interior data, recovered that airports connected the West Coast mostly appeared to beryllium much connected clip than the East Coast, with Honolulu (HNL); Portland, Oregon (PDX); San Jose (SJC); and Sacramento (SMF) each among the apical 10 least-delayed.
| Rank | Airport | City | Thanksgiving delays | Christmas delays |
| 1 | HNL | Honolulu, Hawaii | 11% | 17% |
| 2 | PDX | Portland, Oregon | 12% | 14% |
| 3 | IND | Indianapolis, Indiana | 12% | 17% |
| 4 | SAT | San Antonio, Texas | 12% | 14% |
| 5 | SJC | San Jose, California | 12% | 12% |
| 6 | SMF | Sacramento, California | 12% | 12% |
| 7 | CVG | Cincinnati, Ohio | 13% | 14% |
| 8 | SLC | Salt Lake City, Utah | 13% | 23% |
| 9 | CMH | Columbus, Ohio | 13% | 16% |
| 10 | PIT | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | 13% | 20% |
See the afloat ranking connected the Kayak website.
The Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) is already bracing for a Thanksgiving question unreserved that is expected to interruption records. The TSA is preparing to surface astir 2.9 cardinal radical connected Wednesday and implicit 3 cardinal connected Sunday.
“These volition apt beryllium immoderate of the busiest question days successful U.S. history,” Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Monday.
As for dodging formation delays, Kayak's survey revealed a wide signifier – the earlier the better.
On Thanksgiving past year, delays affected conscionable 10% of flights departing astatine 5 a.m., a fig that astir doubled by 10 a.m.
Overall, however, delays are down successful caller years. Kayak recovered that Thanksgiving cancellations successful 2023 dropped by a whopping 28% compared with 2022 – a inclination that volition hopefully proceed successful 2024.
